For those who dont spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a weeks worth of network and cable news media spin The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
Sundays media spin centered on the Supreme Court specifically Fridays 6-3 ruling that overturned a ban on bump stocks that was first issued in 2017 and the angle was blatantly obvious. Democrat guests were brought in to complain about the ruling and claim that the court is leaning too far to the right and a few Republicans to push back while the hosts toed the Democrat line.
On ABCsThis Week, host Jonathan Karl pressed potential Trump VP pick Tim Scott to weigh in on the decision and whether or not he would support any new action taken to ban bump stocks.
We trust and believe and respect the decision of the Supreme Court, Scott began, before pivoting to add, What we need to focus on is the violence that were seeing across this nation. Under Joe Biden weve seen the greatest increase in violent crime in my lifetime. And so focusing on ways for us to reduce that crime means getting four more years of Donald Trump. Under Donald Trump we actually respected law enforcement. Under Joe Biden, weve seen the movement to defund the police, leaving communities like the one I grew up in devastated and ravaged by a wave of violent crime that we have not seen literally in five decades.We trust and believe and respect the decision of the Supreme Court.@JonKarl presses GOP Sen. Tim Scott on whether he would support new action against bump stocks after the Supreme Court invalidated a Trump-era ban on the devices. https://t.co/CJDxqTJWcw pic.twitter.com/tnkCwPeGJg
This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 16, 2024
OnState of the Union, CNN anchor Jake Tapper prompted Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) another likely Trump veepstakes contender to weigh in on the bump stock ban reversal, and he too defended the court.
Tapper noted that the Supreme Courts ruling had made it sound as though a majority might support a ban if it were approached through legislation rather than executive action, and then turned the question to Cotton, asking whether he would support such a move.
First I want to make a point about the Supreme Court more broadly, Cotton began. For years, Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden have attacked this court because they dont like the fact that its got a center-right constitutionalist majority.
He went on to point out that for all their complaints that the court supported and deferred to former President Trump, this was a clear example of the court overturning something Trump had supported.On @CNNSotu with @jaketapper, @SenTomCotton defends the Supreme Court ruling overturning the Trump-era ban on bump stocks. pic.twitter.com/RXcarDyKX3
State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) June 16, 2024
Tapper also spoke with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) about the bump stock ruling, and Murphy used the opportunity to attack both Republicans and the court.
Its really scary that we have lost Republican support for banning machine guns, Murphy complained in one clip.Its really scary that we have lost Republican support for banning machine guns.@ChrisMurphyCT joins @jaketapper to discuss the Supreme Courts decision to overturn a Trump-era ban on bump stocks. pic.twitter.com/4dF4miFIrZ
State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) June 16, 2024
Murphy went on to attack the court itself, claiming that it was becoming brazenly corrupt and brazenly political and arguing that there was a crisis on the court, particularly with respect to conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.I think theres a crisis on the court.@ChrisMurphyCT tells @jaketapper that he believes the Supreme Court is becoming brazenly corrupt and brazenly political. pic.twitter.com/u1ues9TBtY
State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) June 16, 2024
On MSNBCsInside With Jen Psaki, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) picked up where Murphy left off, telling the former White House Press Secretary that Congress had to step up and rein in the court with regard to setting a strict code of ethics for the justices.
The real problem is that theres no binding ethics code on the Supreme Court, so the highest court in the land has the lowest ethical standards, Raskin claimed..@RepRaskin on what is possible for SCOTUS reform: The real problem is that theres no binding ethics code on the Supreme Court, so the highest court in the land has the lowest ethical standards. pic.twitter.com/I4y1tFcVMQ
Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) June 16, 2024